Thomas Amos / Draw Near

Me after a two weeks of helping with Rover Camp

Zephaniah 3:2 isn’t just condemnation. Read positively, it serves as a list of God’s expectations and desires for his banner bearers: Obey God (obedience) Receive his correction (humility) Trust in God (faith) Draw near to God - (intimacy)

“A terrorist lives for terror, not for the change he tells himself he wants. He masks his desire to kill and destroy behind the curtain of a cause. It is destruction he wants, not creation.” -Louis L'Amour, “Last of the Breed”

Charles Portis, from "The Dog of the South":

Oh, my dear friends, methinks that, while it becomes us with longing hearts to pray for the coming of the Lord Jesus, it becomes us equally to be thankful for the occasions we [now] have of magnifying His Name.

Hitting the hay, 5:30 am F3 tomorrow. Ended the day with some watercolor practice. Three-day streak :) Night, everybody.

He has the best art.

Update my wife's PC from a Ryzen 3200G to a 5600G and doubled her RAM. Much snappier and getting about 70% higher frame rates.

What you post on your timeline says more about you than what you put in your bio.

I love taking photos of the moon. Nothing like seeing the battered landscape of a sterile desert to make me appreciate how special our own planet is. Maybe we should all look at the moon as often as we can… we could all use a little perspective.

Blueprint ministered to my heart in a powerful way this morning. I didn't really even want to show up, but if I had given in, I would have missed this incredible word.

God's mercies are new every morning.

There are many books that I would recommend for particular purposes, but for the general purposes of philosophy and demonstrations of practical virtue, there is a clear choice.

Evening practice. I bet @testing521 recognizes the location.